Dads get postpartum depression too
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Jeffrey Gantwerker was fixated on how each moment represented a version of his son that would vanish too fast.
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Pam Belluck
NEW YORK – Jeffrey Gantwerker always wanted to be a father and was elated when his first child was born. He can clearly remember the first few minutes of his son’s life, the delight of cradling him skin to skin and booping his tiny nose.
But soon, Gantwerker said, he began feeling an “impending sense of crushing doom”, became overwhelmingly anxious, and wanted to be with the baby constantly.
